{"id":2157,"date":"2015-05-22T06:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T06:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephmagiros.com.au\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2015-05-22T06:13:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T06:13:04","slug":"sbs-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stephmagiros.com.au\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"SBS Article"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Steph Magiros is hoping to become the first Australian to go back-to-back in winter and then summer Olympics.<\/div>\n

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Gymnast-turned-snowboarder Steph Magiros will take a step towards becoming the first Australian to compete in back-to-back summer and Winter Olympics when she contests the vault final at the national gymnastics championships in Melbourne on Saturday.<\/p>\n

A semi-finalist in the snowboard halfpipe at the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014, Magiros has her eyes set on the Rio Games next year.<\/p>\n

While two Australians have done the summer-winter double (Jana Pittman and Paul Narracott), the pair had eight to 10 years between Games.<\/p>\n

The feat is also a rarity worldwide, the arduous nature of competing in very different disciplines limiting it to a small group of international athletes.<\/p>\n

“With my gymnastics it is kind of a second chance after semi-retiring seven years ago,” Magiros told AAP.<\/p>\n

“I am already ahead in my career than I ever was before so it is all a positive right now.”<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old over-rotated her landings in qualifying in Melbourne and enjoyed some luck in squeezing through to the eight-woman final.<\/p>\n

But Magiros felt with more time under her belt she would be pushing towards the top of the field.<\/p>\n

“I still have a little more difficulty to add to my vaults,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It’s not at that Olympics level just yet. But I have the potential in me to get it up there. The only thing now is timing – being the Olympics next year I am cut on time but my whole snowboarding career was cut on time as well and that was a success.”<\/p>\n

Involved in gymnastics since the age of three, Magiros competed until her teens before trying snowboarding on a school trip at the age of 16.<\/p>\n

Six years later she became a Winter Olympian.<\/p>\n

After making the team she immediately decided to put gymnastics back on the agenda, registering for the national program just three days before the annual cut-off.<\/p>\n

To send a team of five women’s gymnasts to Brazil, Australia first needs a top eight finish at the world championships in Glasgow in October.<\/p>\n

While Magiros said she was still getting her head around the complexities of claiming an individual position in 2016 she understands there are a number of opportunities to build results that will get her to Rio.<\/p>\n

“Knowing that no Australian has made two Olympic Games in a row, that has definitely been my fire to come back into it and give it a crack and see how far I can take my gymnastics again,” she said.<\/p>\n

THE SUMMER\/WINTER DOUBLE<\/p>\n

Australians to have achieved the feat:<\/p>\n

Jana Pittman 400m hurdles (2004); bobsled (2014)<\/p>\n

Paul Narracott 100m (1984); bobsled (1992)<\/p>\n

Other notable internationals:<\/p>\n

Lolo Jones (USA) 100m hurdles (2008, 2012) bobsled (2014)<\/p>\n

Jan Bos (NED) speed skating (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010) track cycling (2004)<\/p>\n

Seiko Hashimoto (JPN) speed skating (1984, 1988, 1992, 1994); track cycling (1988, 1992, 1996).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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